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myself. There were times I feared things would be come so bad that we would not make it the out. After years of agonizing abuse and living in a constant state of fear, my mother and I finally were removed from the house with the desecration of the Fresno Police. While I will not dive into every aspect of those very long years, I shared this story to address that I carried a buried of anger and resentment for years. I have to admit that there are times where I still reminisce in the moments from…

He started picking strawberries at the age of 14 in Fresno, California and migrated several times around California looking for work with his family. I asked him if his employer's treated him fairly. He said he had a lot of luck in his life because in all the jobs he had, he never had an employer who treated…

Ash and Pumice, the Story of Pompeii Angela R. Davis Fresno Pacific University PHYS-151-XON10 Geology and Planet Earth September 24, 2015 Ash and Pumice, the Story of Pompeii Pompeii is a city arrested by time; it is beautifully situated on the Italian seaside with the Somma-Vesuvio complex dominating the skyline. Its ancient narrative is told in ash, pumice, and petrified masks of humanity. Mount Vesuvius is well known for its violent past as attested by the hundreds of…

Debate questioning if school dress code is gender bias or not has been a controversial topic for years. Girls along with people a part of the LGBT community feel as though they are being targeted and singled out more than others. All over the United States, students are fighting back and voicing their opinion on the ordeal. When the topic of dress code comes up, most people’s first thought is scandalous clothing usually consisting of low cut tops and short shorts. What girls are getting in…

During the winter months, there are many different areas where fog occurs in the United States. States in the west, like California, Oregon, and Washington, it is not uncommon for there to be several consecutive days of fog that form overnight and disappear in the mid-morning or early afternoon. Places along the Pacific Coast such as Morro Bay, California and San Francisco, California tend to see a considerable amount of fog that travels over the water and move inland. On the East Coast, there…

THREE MARIJUANA PREVENTION EFFORTS IN CALIFORNIA: UNIQUE ASPECTS TO CONSIDER Throughout California, local prevention projects are working to impact social norms and perceived risk of youth marijuana use. In February 2015, three specific marijuana prevention efforts in California were highlighted in a Community Prevention Initiative webinar titled Marijuana Prevention in Action: Lessons from the Field. This webinar featured program managers from these three efforts, each of whom provided details…

will immediately put them down. C. Now I know many of you have probably seen pictures of a dogs with his heart infected with heartworms, and you may not believe it can reach your dog but just this week 2 more dogs were found with heartworms in the Fresno area. 1. Heartworms are transmitted by more than 70 species of mosquitos, and reside within the pulmonary artery where they will grow up to a foot (American Heartworm Society ). A dog can become so infected with heartworms if untreated that…

Be true to yourself To be yourself means to do what ever your heart wants and don’t care what anybody thinks. In Self Reliance, Emerson says that” Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world.” This quote basically says that if you're human, you…

girls must wear shorts that are no shorter than three inches above the knee, it will say a student must not wear shorts any shorter than three inches. While this is a good step forward, they only adopted the policy after first voting against it. The Fresno Bee wrote an article on the protests that led to a revote and described how students at Buchanan High School swapped gender specific outfits, meaning girls wore boys shirts and boys wore girls clothes like dresses and tights. It also explained…

Predictive Abilities of the Big Five Test on Academic Performance and Variance between Majors Natalie Rocca California State University, Fresno A subject of interest that seems to reoccur quite often in the history of psychology is the study of academic performance and how it varies between individuals. It is believed that on some level, our personality has a major impact on not only our success in school, but the major we choose as well. For example, those that are high in extraversion…